[1] Al Franken Just Gave the Speech Big Tech Has Been Dreading

[rcjordan]

https://www.wired.com/story/al-franken-just-gave-the-speech-big-tech-has-been-dreading/

[2] YouTube is now taking down more videos of known extremists -- in major policy change

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-policy-change-youtube-now-120446621.html

[rcjordan]

[3] Richard Spencer and others lose Twitter verified status under new guidelines

Twitter's new approach to verification will probably open up an entirely new can of worms for a company already facing pressure from the US Congress over its role in a Russian influence campaign to affect the 2016 presidential election.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/15/twitter-verified-blue-checkmarks-richard-spencer

[creative666]

"Accumulating massive troves of information isn't just a side project for them. It's their whole business model," he said. "We are not their customers, we are their product."

Same old line being reused - but still a frightening one